Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 20, 1875, Page 5

’ e S {atand of helog upset by & squsl, Luwm liunT, in bis ** Antobiography,” even raporta & wrmisa exactly correapouding with the alloged wafesston of the old maltor at Spezis, Huxz swa that thero waw a hole tn tho atern of the Len Juan, “end it wasg conjocturcd that o tmt had trica to boesrd Lor pizatica'ly, botog tmpted by & sum of wmonsy in dollars that was « board.” Of courss the propondorance of entemporary evidonce went to shosw that tho tost was upnot by a equall, ond thia veraion of 1) case bas passcd iolo bistory; but it is not oo toolate to correct history, or al lesst to nolify the positive etstoments which it con- ims on thosabjoct. e 1 is altegother probablo thai the poonliar mariago contrast entered into by Mias Aaxrs BTCRLAND and Lio Minten, of Micligan, will boonaldered legal marrlago in any court of law, ¢ tho eantracting periles husband and wife, whitever thoy may say to tho contrary, Thoir sgnoment Lo usparate whenever eithor of them ms; deairo to do 8o, ta an emnpty formuls, Every mamied couplo hay tho samo privilegs; and in DD 1380 CAll & soparation of this naturo be rocog- nzdd by tha Iaw na extending to proporty, or maritsl rights, oxcept aftor proper procuedinga fur divoren, or tao death of ono of the porsons swcerned, The Daltimore American, in an ex- etdingly interesting article on **Froo-Lovers s3¢ the Marriago Law,” notices tho peculiar armmstances attending the muptisls of Migs ButoRtAND, sud arrives at the conciue sions sireedy notod. It goes further, sad srgues for tho substantial justice of the lawy whicl treata marriage as a ooutract botween a strotgor sod & wonker person. Only on this bypehests will it bo poasible to justify the obli- gatim imposed upon the man of finding subsint- encefor the wifo and children, or that resting upot the wifo of eariug for the home and boar- jug wildren, 8o, the American asscris, thoso stroig-mindod women who would have the word roby"” stricken from the marriage-service only diffa from the fxoe-lovers in being less cour- ageows. ‘*1f it in fudeed true that tho sexes are reall; equal, and that thoy stand upon the same foothig in the marital relation, thero is no resson why 3 ahonld not be regarded in law 84 & vaolun~ tary msociation, torminable at plessure. 1t 18 jmposible to avoid the inforence that if mar- botween equals it should 0, like any other partner- ship! It is refrashing occasionsily to meot an extrone argument on. thin side of the questlon. The fiminine eide of tbe house ganerally has the enthuwisam and extramo views of the subject all o itsdf, — In Miltankeo, last Thuradsy night, s romor was inluatriounly cérculated by tho Whisky Riog 1o the effect that a movement was on foot to secur¢the indictmoat of Judge Horxixg, E. W. Kzrzg and ox-duprome Judge DixoK, for con- spitacy to dofost justico in Bax RINDEROPF'S case. By skilifol and claborste lying, tha Mil- waukes Whiskv Ring swolled the rumor to such propotions that our local reportor thought proper to mention ft in his dispatch, though add- log ttat he could, trace it only to the Ring. In the presanro of other matter, this dispatch esoapel close soratiny, and, with the other tele- grams of that night, appeared in Tk TRIDONE of the next motning. The objeot of this ru- mor, hewever, bacame sclf-evidont when it was temomberod that ex-Judge Dixox is retained by ths Governmont as epacial counsel fn the Mil- waukes whisky prosccutions, sad fn that capaci- {y has renderad most offictent sorvice; end, in the pext issne of Tur Tamune, tho whols story waa prouounsed s canard, Now that the mali- cioua lying rumor Lazs been cxploded, the AMil- wankes Whisky Ring 18 eapecially lively in tho efforts to cover fts tracks, and, through tho ‘Whisky Ring organ, the Sentinel, oharges tbat it waa an [ vontion of Tur TrRIDUNK'S reporter. 1t Legratifying to know that the Ring cannot thus escapo tho consequences of its own maligoity, 804 thvat the effect will be deservedly damaging toit. Aafor ex-Juige Drxox, during his long torm 'as Chief-Justice of the Supremo Oourt of the {3tato he became so wall known to the people of WV 1acons(n aa a man of {noorruptibls integrity 3340 be proof against all the malignity of the Rir g, which owea him 80 many acorea for the 87 \ive and officient part he haa takon in these Wogecutions. Probably whan ho is done with Yhe whisky cases the Ring will have caaso tohate bim more fervently; but, thanks to him and District-Attorney MoKnorey, the Ring is broken g powerless to wroak vengeance upon those ¥ho bave hrought the whisky thisves to justice. S st i b bl According to the statement credited to Trur- tow WEEp, tho bootlessnses of tho prosson- tions againat Twrxp is more than ever manifest. The statoment is to the effect that Mr. Ween Was lnvited by the Bosa to lond lus influcnce to 1ld in effecting a compromisa or restitution of the booty, or & shara of it, which, howevor, it Would appear, Mr. WxEp did not do; and that B that time the Boss and others of the Tam- many Rlog would have surrendered £10,000,000 or $12,000,000 of thoir stealings. Now, aftor all the litigation, CoNoLLy, Bwxzxy, GeyzT, Fuwon, and finally the Boss himaelf, have os- #ped, each with the greater share of his booty, and, while tho ©6,000,000 enit against Tweep ® belog slowly ground ont in sho courts, dd in tho course of human eyonts may kme time terminate in & judgment for the Mople, it 18 not likely that enough property of Cwzen's will then be loft to pay one-tenth the Muount sued for, The atory sbout the possibil- %y 0t having at any time secured roatitution of %0 or twelve millions, sounds Apochryphal, and ¥ill bo racafved with many grains of allowance. Bat there {s no room to dount that restitution 9t & groat share of the plunder might have boen Mected, whilo thero ia aleo reason to beeve \at nogotiations ars mow fn progross with by which it is not improbablo ho msy be 4t go aoot fros on reatitution of a comparatively Jmall amount, The whole Is a signiflcsnt duym= Wentary oo the absurd dofeots of tha law, and Wpgenta what o fleld thore Is for the reformer ¥ho looks the daor aftor tha horss 1n stolen, in i way of so simplifying the practice of the fourts that, after a suit {s bogun, it msy bs pos- 1ibla o get It to trial sad to resch & final Judg- Vs soms time, Journal—Rooen Cathalfe, OXN, GDANT QENERALLY. | n:ufl ' the Jesuits " bought up Gen, Gnai, snd held e iapomition of his words and his acts, socording lo an ulous cunning popularly sitributed o them, G udeat Graw ouuld not, mors ewminoutly than be 1s {0k, have played tuta this hunda of Getholics fuithtul ln“‘ Church, e fs dolug an exccedingly dirty foiua, wuuuuz. “That will tell agaiuast hiin, and fu {LT9F of those L, iu #0 clown-lika a wanuer, Iusulte, ».'" wounding, sorely aud scriously, the * Liberai m!n'-lm " whio are not ready launli\.mhuz- from thy S s Shurch, bt who, up tothis tune, have been s’ oue devoted 3 to the Holy Nomas B4 vch, we'robuirn our sinoere thaoks 1o Gas. Gore: T¥hat haa tho President said or dona to oauss s outbresk as tho month? In bis auoual % vasaga tha President recommends the adoption 7! s coustisutions! smendment forbiddiog the verslon of public school moneys to tosching sectarisn dogmas, Ys not that right 2 Doon tho Preeman's Journal stvocate a division of the publio-school funds smong the varlous demom- fustions for the purposs of inouleating the spa« slal saotarianiom of each at the poblio expanse ? 12 what way hiaa ho * wounded, sorely and seri- ausly,” the Liberal Qatbolics by Pproposing to A6ep the public-school funds out of the Lands of :l Priests? The Liberal Catholios are oppoied b & divujon of the ‘public-school fande u‘l‘: Seotarian purposss, Narrow-minded bigots ® the editor of the Freeman's Journal ses s ublng dreadful fa the inhibition resommend- Mtb, the President, but liberal-mindod Catho- 424 Protestants alike stand by our fres- Yhool system, and opposs aoy division of its m“‘m for the promotion of dogmatia or any T Purpose whaterver. ————— uflr&m Baxem, ia a recent leoture upon vh‘;‘:fl Blavery, at Rxeter, Eng., suggested s s 08 the emancipation of the slaves, in view. - fook thay Eogland is bant WPOR ROCOm= Mblog 1t, His pian s tbe oid Hebrew one,’ 71 thet adthe espiration of saven yoars. rialy date the whals of {hs dlaves THé plag 18 otersd o deference to Mohammodan projudicas, snd, at the samo time, na ho wuggests, would give the slavon amplo tima to educate themaslves for lib- orty, and allow the muntara timo to provent cone fusfon upon the day of fubileo, ‘Fhs rofarm thus quiotly carried out," eava 8ir Savven Baxen, wonld eonvere tho slave into s fren ser~ vant, for vory fow would leave their maaters, and no actusl wrang would be intlicted on tha OWNOrR, sa8cvon yeara' sorvico wonid be the price of liberty, aud would e2ncol the first cont. Tounneees evidently s gotting ready to follow it the footsteps of Alabwina in the way of repu- diatinn of her obligations. Hhe has hegun by notifying her bonduoldora, through the Gov- arnot, that tho intorest dne ln Jauuary will not ba poid, and the Governor goes ou ta declaro that thio rate of interest js bigber than tho Biato can pay, but that it the bondholdors would agroo to nceept a lower rato, it would be paid. Noxt fu order will prabably bo for Tooucsseo, aftor thio utylo of Alabana,’to appoint a Commis- sfon to scalo tho Btaie debt, and, wittiout rogard to tha Hiale's contracts, preent to croditors the altornative of taking what is affored or nothing. has el The Bt Louia Globe-Democrat comes out sgainst Bonator MonTox's rosolution proviaing for an investigation of the Miusissippl olection frauds, aud eays; Tet us admit that the fraods which gava Misstisiyipl {0 the Demoeracy wern as ontrageons aod sy apen 24 the frauds which ouce gave Now York fo the samo yarty; does auybody assert that New York did oot porsisie & republican Govorninent, not only iu form, it 1n fact, while HovFAAX wen Qovernor, “elected by the maforfiios of the Tammany baliot-bozea? Yot any atiempt of the Federal Goverument to iuterfara for the prevention of frauds which wero notorious, or aven sunulling (ke restits of tha cloctions which wore decidod by frauds, would have bocn repudiated. Tuz Cmoano Tormuss s nubappler than it ean toll Vccavne o Infer-Orean getaall of the city printing, City ofticlals ond publlcation 1aws hova a very wicked wayof glng public and municipal printing to the yapers Laving tho largest elrculsiion,—Des Moines Iinglater. The Des Moinea editlon of the 1.-0. is informed that the ruto which tho city oflictals of Chicago have long adoptaed is to give the municipal print~ fug to the aaily baving tho smallest circulation, and tlie most sycophsntio and subwervient dispo- sition. They will probably not soon ehange their ruls in this regard, Tho Board of Couuty Com- missloners have adoptod tho samo line of action. - Tha Associated Preas, in its account of the Centennial blow-out at Philadelpbis on Batur- day last, says: ** *Agriculturs, the basis of the prospority of the nation,’ wae responded to by the Hoo. C. Henny Hannisoy, of Iifinols, and Lio spoke eloquently in favor of the great Ex- position.”” In order to avoid tho possibility of mistake, or of losing Chicago's sharo of tho glory, wa msy ststo that **tue Hou, Q. HeNny Hannteon " is our CarTen, and the ** aloquonce™ washis. All the dropa of fame shounld be caught snd preaerved for him. 01 tha dismissal of ex-Senstor HeNDERSON 88 Qovernment connsol in tho 8t. Loufs whisky prosecutions, the Nafion, which eeldom eays anything favorable to tuo Presideut, romarks: “Mr. Hexpenson bos been dismissed, sud it ia ditiicult to sca how tne President could have taken any othor courss under tho ciroumstances. There may be mon in existonco who would put up with what Mr. HexpxnsoN eaid, but we doubt if they Bave as yot shown themsalvesin suy civilized Government.” s Tho season of good-will being upon us, why should wo not bave a good word for tho weath- or? 'The oloar sky and invigorating breozes of yeatorday wera porops an omen of a Merrier Christmas and a Happier New Year than wo Lave had for pomo years back. By the way, the sn- cient marinors aloug the docks say that this will bo an unusually mild winter. The mysterious Bigus known only to tho jolly recfer have de- clared it. —_— With » nice appreciation of what may be ex- pectod of tho Democratic reformors in the Houso in the way of cutting oft the sinecuro of- fices that are talkod sbout, the New York Tyid- ung remarls : ¥or o year tha Democratic mauth has Licon watering with cxpiectation of a Prosideutiuf victory und & grand distribution of fat things, Democeatu Lavo fized thefs ‘oyes upon tha verious onicos Within reach, and we fear 16 will bo found that thore arvaiready o greot many mors hungry office-scokors thun thore re places to bo —_——— Bomebody wroto to ona of the Chicago evening povers, n fowdays ago, that Oanten HanssoN had alroady been recogunized at Washington as tho most scholarly mau on the Democratic side of the House, 'Tho meaning is, perhaps, that Canten fa the most studious Demociatic Cone gressmap, Ko is tho most snxions to Jesrn, Thero are plenty of pooplo in Washington able to gratify him, —_— Blackmeilors boware! Mr. OGrLpoweky, of Boston, trapped one of your class very rocently, Heled on the wrotched *‘detective™ to unfold bis story, all tho time having witnossos con- cealed within hoaring, At o given signal, doora wore thrown open on all gides ; lsdies, gontle~ men, and officors eaterod the recom; and the so-called' “detectiva™ waa marchiod off to jall, where he now languishes., The Cleveland Leader says it isn't so—the newapaper trinmvirate {sn't golog to run Har. 8TEAD, of tho Cinelnuati Commercial, for Presis dent, nor sond Mr. WaTTEReON, of the Courier- Journal, as Minister to France, etc., “for Mr, HarsTeap would, like Hixxny Oray, rather writo than be Preeident, and Hxxnt would never risk hissusoeptible naturs o s wicked city like Paris Thia {s to iofarm all concerned that tho * cole- brated leoturer, *Col' W. 0. Mormrr," last heard of at Oarthage, IIL, Deo. 16, i4 not con- nooted with Tax Cutoaco Tumpye, * Col™ Morritr fa respectfully requestod to omit from his future sunouncemonts the lo that ho is *of Tax Omicaco Triune,” or we shall feal come peiled to denounde him as an impostor, PERBONAL Dret Harte {a a printer by trads. Ten years ago, it 18 eaid, he was working at the css0 on the Faaiflo Cosst, Bayard Taylor says that Mark Twain's wit goex ouly akin desp. Thas 1s deep enough to take the hido off, The New York Commeroial Adcertiser mup- poies that Rome howls ocoasionally now, sinco Garibaldi has a grandeon of that name, It ts romored in Now York religions cirelos that Pore Hyacinthe {a now on route to New York; that he has renonncad Romanism and is to have o call from s feading Boston church. Lovers do not go for thelr star-gazing to Mr. Proctor's lectures in New York and Brooklya since ho haa nonounced that the room will nog be continuoualy darkened {n the future. Tho newsboys of Galveaton bought a bouquet and predentsd it publicly through oue of their number to the plquant little Miss Lostie, who played an eogagemont in that city lsat week. Dr. Hollaud thiuks the care for gosaip 4 oul- ture. He ssys good-aatured poople talk about thelr neighbors because thay have nathing else to talk about, Now if wo uad a ocure for Holland! Oliver Weadsll uotmes and Jsmes Russsl) Lowell began life aa law-students Chaeer up, ambitious young hesrs! The posts are those ‘who have falied {n 1aw: #0 tho oritics may uay. Now York Herald: Blalge said to John Y, Foster ns Richolien sald to his follower: *Jo- seph—hehil ¥ pokiog bim (n the ribs, “Iwall wake you s Bishop." And then, like Risheliau sgsin, he made a fool of him, M. Thiers keops opou houss in his new man- alop, buils st the expanse of the Frenoh people on the yuina of the old ome. He holds an infac- mal reception neariy every evenlng, and the no- table men and women delight in hoooring him by thelr presanse. ) Mr Buskin at present s advocating dauctug o8 B parh of religiouns edusation, and thus sasalls yo:n Isdy Hundey-sohiool teasharss *¢ At pros. sul* b defd, “yon kesp \ne daaaing foc youse THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1875, relyns, and pracionsly teath your scholaes the eatechism. Burpoas you ware to try for o littie whilo learning tho cxtechinm yoursolf and Lasch- Ing; them 1o dance,” Baiug askad the otlter eveniog the conven- tional quention of ' how ho liked America,” Vou Bnlow ropliad that he thought it s country of wondorful lberties. ** Indeed!” peid his friond, inquiringly. ** Wes,” aaid the Doctor, ** and I think thoy havo sdl of them boen taken with me.” A Now York corrasnondent cuts pretty close to Joaquin Miller's skin when Lin eats thiat tho poet offerd fow points for conuuemt xinco hia has cut his hir, It the good time coming, when it shall be the proper thing tovose f.ar admiration of the populace, aud Low oneacif out' of the parlor with a ** good night, ledy," Joaquin may be happy. Tho New Ynrk Nation, which i Prosident CGirant, foels consts Iiia course in removing ox-Benstar Henderson from the conduct of the 8t. Louis winaky cases. There are indications also that mant of the East- orn papers which attacked tho Preaidont for Lim action in this matter have thongha better of it. Seabury S, Gontd, President of tha Gould Man- ufacturing Company of Boneca Falls, N. Y., has been uued peraonally in Brooklyn by & Now York broker, and the Brooklyn Kagie says judgmoat has been rendared for the plaintiff. Counsel for plaintiff uaid that tho defeudant was & bank- rupt, that ha was President of tho Gould Man- ufacturing Company, one of Liy sowe Becretary, another Treasurer, and his wifo ownar of sll the stock. The capital of tue Cornpany waa clnimed to bo €40,000 and the wurplus ©334,000. The Washington correspondent of tho New York Tribuns gives the weight of bis great au- thority to the opinion that thero aro bat two poseible Republican candidates for the Prasi- dency--Mr. Blaine and Becietary Bnstow. Mr. Blaino has the daugerous advantage of being sLio to address thio entire country, whenover e chooses, from his seat in Congress, and the Bec~ rotary bas the support of a largze number of Repabilicans who laag for reform in tho Civit Borvice. A Washington correspondent of the Cincin- nati Enquirer, who (s piquant, and plesaing, if not truthful, has been examining the litorary tastes of promiveut Cougressmen, e finis that Bayard in givon to reading Constitutionnl Law and Modorn listory ; Thurman to light French works ; Fdmunds to Englivh pootry and fiction ; Gordon to English oratory ; Conkling to tho whalo rango of literature ; Morton, Schurz, and Logan to cramming on particular subjects, But ag & rule Congrossmen sfe uot reading moo. Mr, Roverdy Johnson, writing homs from En- gland to a Baltimore papor, uotices tho pur- chaso of Buoz Canal shares by Englaud with #ome ontlusiasm. Qoo of {he consaquences of tho purchasa wil be, hio balievcs, the annexstion of Egypt, iu perhaps not a distant futuro. A negotiation of this pature seems to him in- finitely moro enlightened than tho squabblosin the United States over high political offices, Those aro alt bat leather sud prunctls ss come parod with o comproboueive a measuro, Tho editor of the Catholio World in the Jane uary number agrees entirely with Prosident Grant's Des Moiues gpoech, which he says is in perfeot consonance with the teachings of Cath. olicism. ** The speech oxprosees,” suys the World, * better than mauy imagine, the com- mon sentimonta of the American people ; * and of Gou. Grant it declares: ** Al muat sdmt that bo is » trne Amorican, formed and molded by tho ovents in wkich he has moved, snd truly ropreseutiug the country and the times,” Mr, E. E. Hal's historical novel, ' Philip Nolan aud Uis I'riends,” is an cntirely now and independent work. Tho matbor recentiv read the opening chapter at a chiarity fair in Boston, Mir, Halostated tbat he hiad discovered that he had years ago Innocontly made Philip Nolan the bero of & purely imsginary story,—'* The Man Without s Country,"—and that, in sclecting a Liero for an historical novel, he had decided to give the real story of Lhilip Nolan, who was s nomoewhat noted adventurer in the Sonthwest i the early yoars of tho present contury. The seeno of the atory is in Louisiana and ‘fexas. When Gov, Hondiicks was *buddiog! into manhood "~—to uss vne of his own flowery ox- preaslona—be waa powerlul in school aud cal loge debating socioties. At the close of s brill- iant effort by the young orater, a committee of old farmers, who had been appointed judgos, found thewselves in a trying sltuation. They Liad tistenod with satisfaction to Mr. Hendricke’ argument, and they had no hesitation fn wsying that he had borne away the palm; but, for the lifo of them, they could not tell which sido he wag on. Having beou informed on thia point, thoy unanimouuly nwardod the prize to ou- dricks, The Indianapolis Jownal tells tho story. M, Taine’s new work on the Freueh Rovolu- tion waa annonuced for publication by Hachoette. of Parig, Dec. 6. It is in throo volumes, and will bo ontitled * L'Ancion Rogime.” Edmond About, who was permitted to rosd tho proof-sheats, prajses tho style in bis weokly lottlor to the Academy Ho cannot give tho snmo commenda- tion to the sentimonts. **Nover,” he writes, * was o sincers and profonnd thinker worso in- upirod than my dear friend M. Taine the day that ko draw up the plan of this work. It was on the morrow of tho crimes and blunders of the Commune, when numbera of excellant peo- ple were literally out of thelr sonses® Ona quostion of this nature, it must bo sdmitted, M. About himsel? {s kearcely an unprejudiced wit- nosy, TOTEL ARRIVALS, Palmer House—Jobu Nockwall, New York; A. I, Auderson, lowa £, . Knfght, Hoaton'; D. D, Wine- ton, Utiea s 1. D, Whita, Nuw ilaven ; Yuukwn, D, T.; 1, AL Ohy, Buttalo; A, J. b clons, M, B, Whaling, Milwaukeo: . L. Bullivant, Burr Oaks; N, O. Trowlridge, New York; 0,3, Nowell, Springdald, Masa,..,Grand Pueipe—p, L. Gabln, Rock Island ; J. f, Parsous, Hartford ; G, L . B, Gummiogs, Cincinnats; J. ‘W, Lounirce, New Y Jucking, Losten.... Ean Joua, Cal.;ihi6 Yon, It J. Connally, Barnabee Concert Troups ; B. F. Juluson, Visconuas, Iud; M. A. Calvo and D, Dal Masd Moguel, Spuin: F. ¥, Holungsworth, New Orlesus ; the 1 Underhill, ~ New ' York; Gen, J. Onia; ‘¥, Panazs aud J. Frouce ; A, A. Putnamn, Bouton ; J. burg; Samuol Robluson, Toledo, J. Macomber, Ames, In; A. J, tue lon. K, A, Kibourn, Eigin; Prof, Samuel Gure diucr, Wishingtou; Frauk £, Atken and wifo, Now York ; Andruw Rosswalor, Umsla Ues ; Usorge Combe, and M, Doolittle, Owaha; L. A, Stoue, Bl Puul; AL B, Bush, Buffalo; M. Dillon, Houslon, Texss; F, D, Frankiin, cmhs‘- Gurdner_ House—¥. M, Fargo, Quincy, Mags, wm sud wife, Now York; D, B, ‘Wilder and Miss Nellle Wiider, ¥ort Wayne, —_———— THE WEATHER, Wasnixaroy, D. 0., Deo. 20—~1 8. m,—or the Lake region, fatling barometer, southeast to southiwest winds, increasiug to brisk, cloudy or paxtly oloudy woather. LOCAL OLSERYATION. LUH104G0, Dec. 19, Time, |Bar, ThV H| Wind, Inu‘m) “e83a, m30.071 14| 69.N. W., gend 18 e, minD) 28 SHE Troh, 2:00 p, .14 30 67 Wither. ) E. Hl 8418, “Mazimum thermometer, 80, Miunura, 14, GENRKAL OLSEBYATIONS, Qs13200, Dec, 13—Midnight, Station, \Bar.|Thr) Wi, |Han] Weather, Cheyeune,,|29.67| 45|N, W,, freeh.| ey 44| 8|S R ight, Breck'Pdgelaiesl Wl B buiek Daveupart Duut e — OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Deo. 19, ~Arrive the City of @ Tork, kod Peboiylvintl, trom WASHINGTON, Morrison, of Illinois, to Be Chairman of the Ways and Means, Sunset Cox Put at the Head of the Banking and Currency Com- mittee, Randall Chairman of Appropriations, and Fernando Wood Snubbed, The lllinois Delegation Gets a Famous Whack at the Honors. Gossip at the Capital---Sad Story of Threo Lives, The Anticipated Era of Awkwardness and Bad Manners. THE COMMITTEES. WAYA AND XZANS. Spectal Dirvatch to The Chicago Tribune, WasmneTos, D, C., Dec. 19.—Speaker Keorr 18 been reviviog snd perfecting tho lint of com- 1uittces sinco rhe adjournment on Paday, Ee vias [u conferenco all day to-day and until & lata bour to-might with two or threo trueted Iriends, and, at mldnight, the list had not becu entirely firdebod. The followiog, it can be stated with tolarable certainty, is the list, 8o far as it has ‘boen abxolutely detormined np to midnight : Commnittee un Ways wird Means—Morrison, of Tllie nois, Clisirman ; Pernandd Wood, Thowas of Muig- Innd; “Tndolpli Tucker of Virginfe, Hen (0L, Hon- cock” of Texas, Liatne, Burchard, William D, Kedles, Gargiold, Chapin of Mirnaciusetia, This Committee, it wirl bo seen, is o very etrorrg onn. There is reason to believo that Wood will coosidor his agsi, nment to the second placo & degradation, and that ho wiil in conse- quence decline committeo-:tervico altogetlier. Ho bas wud aw muckh Tho Com- mittes is A bard money ° Committeo. With, posetbly, two exceptions, the entire Com- mittes s in favor of spocio revumption. The Committes will uever indorso the greonback hereav of substituting paper for goid in pav- meut of cartoma duties, Morrieuw nceived tho Chairmnansiinp for the reason thiw the Sposker 18 of tho opiniun that tho Mumssibeippi Vallev ie entitied to thiw Chairmansbip af tho bezds of Korr, sua for ths .cusoo that Lo wanaged ken's campatmu for thio Bponk- ership. ffo presented his notoe to tho caucus, and wan gonerally recopuized oy the loader of tho Kerr movemont. Muorrison s o bard-mooey and thoroughly loyal man. 1homas, of Maryland, wa at one time Secreaury of the Troasury. Haucock,-of Texas, wan trunsferrod from tho Committes 0O Appropriations, 48 was Gon, Usrfiold. 'Fhbe lutter would no doubt by boen an_ embarrassmout on the Appropris- tions Commitzee suy now Clair- man, sud 1t {8 pretty well under- stood thit Handall did not caro to cops with o zealous upposition critic—the man who had been Chairinsn of tho Commities for six yours. Biains basjioceived the plate to which his loadership of tho lioure socins to entitie tim, He loads the minoniy upon the leading Cowmittes. Burchard wilt® tupply more uso- ful figures for advocites of Revenue Tariff thaa ooy of the Democratio membaers, whuln Kellay {8 a reprosentative of the other sida of the tariff question. The West has sefdom beien o4 acrongly reprosented on this Comumittes. THE OTHERS, Lias two members of the Committeo of Approy. ri- ating. Rondull ia Chairman, with Holma n, Wells of Misrourd, Bingleton of Missimsippi, a1 1d Uateher. Tho remaluing membors of this Cor 1+ mittoo aro eaid 0 be amouy the most sconomier 1l in the Houso, Rsodall s known to be hbera | with bis aporopriations, aud Holman is put nex ¢ to handicap m. Wells, of Mssoun, bnc! boped to become Chairman of that Pacifio Raflroac, but Los baen ausigned to ti placo, which is copnidered oqusl to a Chairman- ship. Of the Baoking aod Currency. 8, S. Cox in Chairmsn, and Payoe, of Obio, and Seott. Wike, of Ilinois, are members, These three are all bard-moucy men. 'The remainiog mem. bars hiave not been fully determined upon, Of Karr's rival candidates for Speaker, Cox and Itandall alone receive a Chairmauship, af- though tho mecond place on tho Ways aud Menoy in generally regardod as tho equivalout of an ordiosrv Chairmaoship. Printing Com- mittee, Yauce, of Oluo, & now momber, Chair- msn, Commutton on Library, Weister Clymer, Pepnsylvania, Waddell, of North Caroline, had cxpected tbis appointmeut. Ailitary Aawrs, Frank Hereford, of West Virginis, Chairman. ‘The only old momber of the Committes 1s Kpha Hinton, of Virgiun, who commanded & Confou- orate regiment, Committes on Judiciary, Proctor =~ Knott Chalrmag, Committes i on Elections, Harrls, of Virginia, Chair man. Committeo on ' Commercs, Willams, of Miohigan. Oa Novision of Laws, Saylor, of Oblo. Comtnittes on Forelgn Affairs, Bwann, of Maryland, Chairman, Bwaun is a Conasrvativo ou the Cuban guestion, aad has generally agrood with Bocretary Fish on the foroign policy of the Government. Committos on FPa- cifio Railroads, Lamar, Chainuan, War Clajms, Dright, of Teuncusce, Cliirman, Woells, Chalrman of Public Buildings sod Grounds. Whichorne, Chairman of Naval Af- fairs, Barnum, If not on Ways snd Means, problbly Clisirman of District of Columbis. Tho lections Cominittoe (s not tloatly determined. Strong offorts ure bejpg made by disappointed candidates to prevent the sunouucement of any Commiittees but Elections, Appropriatioss, and | puvearn that over A0 beionz to what jare nown ne i, bobs weonll H nim: i, tajag wers il b7 e Coutt of r by ine Of th:o remainine cancs, tho nrincinia d. reing the decikion of which lavo also bom ahlichod by the Hupramo Court. Theso ara paid out of the tund resnlting from eottos eap- tured during tho War,sutl not ont of the general fund—that is, tho taxes in tho Treasary. Aud tha causs of Lhis apparsnt propouderance of docisions in favor of claimants sgaiuat the invetnment is that theto aro now inore than Iy cases on the docked which the Arrmant Attornev-Ganeral bas neglecte:d Lo dismirs, unt- withstanhing that thes have boen shandoped by the claimantn. It thus aupears tht, of tha or- sivery litization of tha Conrt. about palf of tln caxes have really beon decided iu favor of thw Govornment. e TrnE WHISKY PROSECUTIONS, BENATOR LOGAN NOT IN THE CONSPI PRESIDENT BAVAGE AYAISHT OFPE: Inrvatrh to New York Trebune, Wasmnozoy, D. C.. Doc. 16.—A great.many peopletn Washiugtan ata waiting for an explos- ion of the Whikky Rivg in Chicago with evident anxiety, For obvioua ressouns, the Treasury —TICE Rules and Accounts. olman will_probably be Chairman on Expenditures in the Iuterior De- partment. OF THE ILLINOIS MEXBEDS, in addition to thoro name.d, Castor Harrison will ba on Pubtio Buildings sod onCenteanial Com- mitteo, Campboll witl be ou Miues aud Mining aud on Public Expenditures, Springer on Forei Relations, and Caaltield on Judiciary, Iilinols is especially prominent in s¥aignments to impor- tant committees, —_— ZONA LIBRA, A DEVAMP OF TIAT ANCIENT TOAT, Speeial Diapateh o The Chicago Tyibunie. ‘Wasiuivaton, D. C.,, Deo. 10.—~An sbeurd story, apparently originsting in California, but represented in savoral nowspapers on this slde of tho Miseissippi River, in regard to the nogo- tistion of a troaty with Mexioo for tho acquini- tion by the United Btates of Lower California, the Mexican S:iates ot Bonora, Chibuahua, and parta of other Btates, is hardly worth contra- diction. The story mtarts out with an assertion that should throw discredit ppon the wholo of it, that tho final award has booa made by the Commission to our citizons, which Mexico, on account of the depleted condition of her treas- ury, is unable to pay in cash, Tle trath is that the Mexican Claims Committes has no: yot comploted its work, aithough the Presi. dont, fn his Iate muu}o to Congress, #aid that i ts procoedings would roon e brought to s oloss, aud thut tho result would be then re- ported to Uongrass. lu addition, thly last cor- rospondence or commuoication betweon tho ropresontatives of the two Goversments which lias been published, and tu which tha subjoct of the scquisition of Moxican territory by the United Htatos was mentioued, coutaiued an s3- surance from Foster, our Minster, that, while the continuation of the troublow on the Rio rando border would encoursge s sentimont among our peaple in fayor of such an scquiu- tion, It was po part of the polioy of our Uovernment. Tue whole story was probably in- veuted by some ono interested in claima agaiost Mexico, of which there are an immeuso num- ber, for ths purpose of dispoaivg of those claima at sdvautageous prices, snd would not be noticed now, had uot some credence beon given i by respectabla newspapers iu the East. It is entlrely without foundatlon in fact. ———— THE COURT OF CLAIMS, EENORS IN TME PAXSIDENT'S MXS4AOK ALLEGED. Ipecial Dupateh to 1hs Chioapo Tribuns, ‘Wasawraton, D, 0., Dec. 19.~The ofiicors of tha Coutt of Claima fes! sggrievud at the errors in the President's meassge, and ia tho report of the Attoruey-General rospeoting that Court, An examiuation of the actdof tho Court shows that important mistalies have beon made {n both tboss uments. Upos investigation the 2,050 caves biated in the Allureey-Gansral's Yepors i I‘nvo ndfi by th e it or urt of Claimn in £ slal Ua srdani2ition, oficials hiere have littls to say on tho rubject, and it i more than likely that the particulatn of tho Chicago coveriracy wilf first reach tho pablic from that city, rathor than from Wash- ingion. Tho uamen of & great number of pubfic men are connected in private convereation with thewe franda, and aeasrtions in regard to some of them aro of a verv startling nature; but of couree it would be unfair and unjust to print theso atories while thoy do not tige io digoity above mere rumord. To one of them it is proper nuw to make refereuce. It is that the Secretaty of the Trearury hes in hin posscssion evidence yroving the complicity of Renator Logau in the whiaky cunspiracy. When Mr. Bnstoa's atten- tion was called ro this asaersiou be authorized a vers ompnotic donisl. He eaid that he bud no such evidence, noue had bren diecovered in Chi- caga, aad, Woreovor. he did uot believo that suy wucl: evidenco would ba discovered. Henators who have called on the President with- in tha past tew daye, aund conversad «ith i in relation to the whisky frands. say taat bo is very nsvoge (that is tho word one of them umow) agginet the whinky conspirators, and that unone of them who are guiliy need expect soy metey from bim. Ho in ¢low to beliove in the wuilt of W friends, Lut ouce convinced Lo will treas them as vevecely as hia would treat strangere, Of course, thero I8 no truth 1o the Iato roports rep:encuting that Gen. Grant sod Mr. Enetow bave quarrelad in regard to the whixky oxposuren. or that Mr. Bristow s dikely to leava tho Cabinet, than in the former ones, Home of tho Prosident’s personal friends, who were § teceated in coverlng up the whinay frauds, or wropp:ng the prosectition of tnem, have aowm times deceived bur, Lut tuey have not succeerd- ad 1u doing this «0 ofton lately a4 thes did s few montbs 8go, sud whenovor Lo has had a porfect nnderstanding of the matier ho ba« sustalped tiso Secietaty fu every may in Lis power. ENTIIE NARMONY BETWEEN THE FPREBIDENT A¥D TIFC MEMBERS OF TUE CADINET ON THE WIISKY TN emateh to New Verk Heratd, Wasnrorox, D, (0, Lec. 17.—1haro is the beut reaseu hero for saving that all reports of (isagreemo s, past or prosent, batween the President, t'vcrotary D.stow, abd Attorney- General Pieni'enout about the Vihisky Ring cases or Gen, Dabcock. are unfounded. The President bus cousentsd Lo evory_movement 1n the prossention o1 theso cares. He Los xnown tully betorchand e Yery stoo taken or proposed. 1o haw interposed U0 obi aclo in the way of prosecuting those ind.'cted, and Becrotary Driv- tow and tho Attornes-L‘enetal have worked bur- mon:ous)v together xnd Vith the Prosident and Cabiuot in theso prosacy'sions. 1t is geverslly scknosledgod Lere by th % Presidout's triends that hLe mado a ‘blunc'er lu cousenting to the rvemoval of Gon, v Henderson, but it is = fact tust the * whole Caliuet wero_acreed upon thin steyv A friend of the Predent, discussing thiy matler. eid : * Gon. (1au: lost his tomper, whi b §8 olways faute. If it bad boon Geu. Jaca'won he woulil probably havo chalienged Henderso.”, snd if it had been My, Lincoln Lo would hay'e lot Gen, Hendercou »s5 what ho pleasod. Men 8fe ma lo differently, aud in this mattor the . resident acted out lis nature.” Thero aro plouty ot people here who wonid bo glad to make trouble between tho Yremdon." el Becretary Dristow, They are pooplo mho % concarnod in tho whisky frauds, or who Las friends to be protected, and thay fill the streots’ and hotels, almost daidly, wita rumors of tho Se cotary's resigostion; of trouble between him nad the Attorpev-Goneral, or of hich words be- twaoon the Presidont aud Mr. Bristow. Such tuors are telegraphed Wost, perhags to in- gpire the Whisky-Ring with courage to stand wout, ‘fhoy are untrue., Sacratary Uristow has the full support of the President and tho Cabi- n3t, and when bo ceascs to have it the country wi Il know 1t, not by rmmors from tho West or fre xmLhoro, but by prompt aud public snneunco~ mo u e NOTES AND NEW TUE SENATORIAL PRESIDE Sypecial Disyateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wisninatox, D. C., Dee, 19.—The resolution | of Jnage Edmuuds for a new olection for Prosi- acut prus tem. of tho Sonate was not aimed at r, Poryy, but was thought to ba necessary in viaw of dheclaims the Domocrats wera gravely making thit, in case of the death of Gou. Grant, AUr, Korr would become Prexident, since, no- cording to their comstruction of tho law, tbere had Ixien no proper oleclion of » prosiding oficer’ of the Senato ginco tho death of Ar, Wilson, It was therefore deemed pradent to bring thio mateer before tho Judiciary Com- mittee of the Sens.io for fiual cousideration. It 18 probable, in case this Committee report an- olber elo:tion nocemsary, tust the Benators way bring forward other eandidates besides Mr, Fare v, in view of the fact that tho olection would bs made with spocial roferenco to the contingency 1t 8 soughit Lo provide. Mo ie, howsver, & popu- 1ar presiding ofticer, and the resolution wad 10 seudo hostilo to bim. TUE LAWRENCE RESOLUTION. Beveral Demooratic uowspspers aro troating the Lawrzooce resoiution, providiug szainat the troduction of spe.vial legislation upon appro- priation bills, as pasewd by the House. It was only roferred to & co.umittoe under the mles, and tho chances of iws v'eibe favorably reportod ©u 8Ty 0oL gaod, Biuce a- number of Dewmocrata sre protosting agoinst it, declaring that their only chance of bringing ti'o Senate to tarms on their logialation, will be to attack its appropri- ation bills, sud keop it thare.. (o the Assclited Jress.) TAE AUKICULTURAL HEPOBT, ‘Wasnmaroy, D, C, Dec, 18, —The retarns of the cotlon crop huve not yet bevn recoived, und therefors the Departmont of A, Yricuiture does uot sxpect to pmzua the usual . tatemeat until about the end of the present mont. ¥ITZ JOUN PORTER. The (nenda of Fitz: John Porter va, ¥ they bava reasous for believing that tho Exscuti ¥oauthori- ty will take no action on the roques §of Gen. Yorter for a raviaw of i caso, —— WASHINGTON GOSSIP. THE BAD STORY OF THRLE LIVK4—INRUP; 10X OF MEX AND WOMBN WUO AR IGNOHANT 0.V ETI- QURTTE. Speerat Corvespandence of The Chicago Tribu. M Wasiixatox, D, C.. Dec. 17,—Wasbiugton s tho receptaclo for all the driftwood of tho cou 9= try. Not only ia it the socisl centro ta which th ¥ cultivated and wealthy coms, bus it is as wo) the Meoca to which the pilgrim Journeys sod oconcentrates In its bouudaries all puases of peopls, beut ou all par- poses aud designe. It may Lappen that the wauderer gets into an oddy and is whirled round sod ronnd; but oventually the maio chaonel is reached, and then it Is & sure consignment to this clty. Naturally, thereforo, all clauses of people are encountered, and many of the weusations of the dsy aro here consum. mated, ovon if originally commenced in otber parta of tho country, Auny eveuts are quiotly dlacuased without gaining general publicity, and are then mufferad to sluk into oblivion,—ouly oncs in & wlila recalled in gossipy orowds, to be agaln forgottsu. One of thoso BENSATIONAL WTOLIER~ true, indosd—has como to tho knowledge of your correapondent, aud, as indicative of the fuotuations of life and the infirmatics of humsu. ity, wilt bear repstitiou. Tho actors in the do- mestic tragedy formorly inhabited elovated ciroles, but uow are boyond recognition, even 1 e class springing, like our sisteamen, from 4+ poor but respoctable parentu.” Ons lu the obe Joct of contempt ; the other pitied. Io theearly days of President Graut's Admin- feteation, ® young gl e@ployed 1a obe of the Deprrtme wan genorally admirel for boauty of faca end gracefu ant nambered her wiLniera by, the s Just vorging into womanhond, sy combaned the situplicity and Ardernnesd of the elsld with the growing diznity of womnn, Sprightly hu convereaticn, snd comnly i1 appearance, «lie was aunght aftes anl petved, —pethape tlattered : and, if tho oracles had Leen eonsulted, they woull, withont ambiguity, bave markcd out for her a brifhant future. Coming from a family of moderate means, sho was not highly educated ; bnt what stio facked iu ncquired intellizonco wan amply compensatod for by the remarsablo natursl intuition of a woman, and the tact with which aha csught tho hiabits of the goodiy-born, As I have snid, sbe hiad many snitors; but AMBITION ItAD POSSESSION OF HEWR HEALT, and ber hond was eventualiy sought and won by ona of tho Private Hecretaries of Prosident Graut. 1o was & man of bandsomo appearanco and palished addrose, Lut, unfortunately, wan & elavo to drink, They were matried, and appar~ ently lived happily. Before fong, however, his constitution sauk under the burning power of whisky, and, Leforo their noneymoon wea scarce- 17 ovor, he died a victim to the insatists thires hie contd not eonquer, o left, I Liohavo, alittle property; and with this Lis widow sgain ro- tarned to Washiugton, and commenced house- keepn iu & iouso Dot far distani from the Cap- 1tol. 1n o few aboxt months the widow becams 8 mother. snd gavn all her time tn the rearog of tho infaut. A short dis- tanco from her homse, s soung physician was stiuzihiog iuto practies under tho nypira- tion of devoted study snd matural iuclioation. Alrendy bio lind met with some success, aud wen gonorally accrodited o riung man., The coupts were brouzlt together, no mauter Low, nul within a fow montbs they wern marned. But the bapuiness of tber woddod life was of abort du.ativs, Jealousy on the part of tho wife, aud orosenoss on the part of the husbavd, let to an estrangement, At first tho eeparation and indulgenco 1 aogrv words ended with the day, bat ot jeogth the hinsbaud atuented nimaslf for days togetuer, A patehed-up teconeiliaticn wos effected’; bac, whon thoy ngaiu entorcd the sama Low.s, tha wife woott liarued that her husband had pue- cutmbod to tamptation, and was on tho desconds 1ng ~czlo o a drunkard’s grave, It can readily Le imagiued that a truce undor such encam- miancen WAS BOON DRORTN. Tha man now had a refuge which might prove hix dextruction, Lut which wiloucal the pangy of immediate wircow. They yuarrolod, sud iuliab- 1ted thio samo housa a4 sirangers to oun another, With & wowan's 1ashacss #no puisaod the bite ter cauraa wbict could vuly offar au iwsuperatlo obstacle 10 & 1eneaal of o mantal relattous sud the rectamation of ber hsbuud. 1o tho en- forced wolitude ¢f her own bome, she welcomed the ettentioug of other wen, Buon nenw, then, wah hue 82 b on thertoect. at the theatres, and in the luxur.snt ro-tun te, lhe cuminalion of tuis 1 ruitg ons pight from somo round of pleasure, shy found the houke tightly locsed, nad i impens etrable darnness within. A fucudly begghbvor to!d lier that her busuaud bad lef:, and handed bhier tho oy of tlie usoccupied hou: by dil uot onier. however, came dowa town in roarch of bim. Through rowe me. the hatel ut waich Lo way Btopung way d; ered, aud tho woman hesitated not 8 mowent to uuter its partals. far paet the bou { The night-cierk denied that the * Doctor " wan thero ; whils he—poor fool {—aaa reeliag In tae bar-room, Without reason and sitiut senke, Sho wanted s roum, bat was juformed that ladioy weio not mecommadated at that hour of tho might—tho clerd mesuwale casting suepiciuas | piances at tho male attendant ou tho siduwalk, The hosvand, lLoweser, unaware of tac situation, stumbled into thie man ofice ; aud, with a bound. the wife say by bis wide, It way no loves' moeting ; but, the sbock omewbat subering the man. mutual re- criwination was indulged. There,iu tae prercncs of a crowd of onters and gap:ng ' rtrangers, this aepiting ¢ hyviciau nod lis benutiful wife HBEHEARJED TUZ STORY OF TUEIR LIVES, colored and wronght with aif tho pass.on whicly liquor can arouso and suntain. Lor be it known that it was early discoverey that the ambiious zirl Lad fallen 85 low a4 to partake too lazgelv of wina. T avert stch o scene. it was resotved 1o givo the woman & room, Persuadel to rotire, whie insisted upou the presence of her husband, aud ho B3 stoativ remisted, rayin that on the day previous ho had entere & yuit for divorce on the gronud of adultery, Her boisterous conduct at Iast made the pres- ouce of a paliceman necewssary. and ber chamber ivas onterad oalv to tlod a balt-nude woman Lia- zenly confronting tho iutruders. It is not nee. #sury o go much further, Her hinsband ot lust yielded, nnd they were auain together. lsut anle Wiy or two clapsed, and then the nowspapers both particy bad mado applica- s, —0n0 ou the ground of sdul- and tbe other for coutinued druakennows, hiave pever been together since, and now their { wtha are far, far kcart. Sho ontered upon o *hfo of plessure.” baunted the streots aud public pXaces, aud at last entered one of thoso gilded pivsces whero rovelry and mirth wre tho price for the aacrifico of virtoe, an i clains avits own the victim, body aodsoul. ile 18 wn outeast, living upou & crust of broad a dav, and trusting for hifs upon tho fiquid poisnn given ot jo Lty by 8 former associato or friesd. 1 saw bim the ozher nizht, when, without a pitlow au which to Iny bia hoad, ho was prostrate across tbe marble counter of tha hotel in which hix money had beeu rqusudored sud bis shame ox- posed. How many like cases are Incrusted in tho socrots of the so1ld! How many who read tiny would divine tho termination of & life ouco fraught witl: auspices 80 bright end opportuni- ties so sacred! ‘Lo transitions of life aro as rapid 2a the tran. ions ot thought, Ic 1a easy, therafore, to turn 1rotn the melancholy spectacle just recounted to the theatre of more cheoring oxiatenco. Tho winter promises to bo unausually bright, and tho ancial gatherings are to ba (why not assort it as a fact 7—it will bo & long time’ befora it s con- tradicted) of the mont augnst splendur aud pro- porsions. There is ono source of trepidation Which you musin't mention after I tell you. It's nos th o eutertaivments, LOT TR GUESTS, that exc.to slarm. Justsa many of our old Con- gressmen were gottivg to know how to bohave themuelves i compeny, whilf! there comes slong an i1l wind wbich blows them to the four ccruers of the eatth, It's pot that tha uew men aro not tryiug. Op thiY contrary, thero hay heen an ox- tevsive ruu on thv book-conoorna, n‘ld Al “i DM“I gren will be force,1 £0 gat out an extra eaition o! ber “'Etiguetto in Wsalilugton.” Bald one grizzlv- lookiug customer to &noiher, on & foraging ex- dition after good Wabuen ;lro»gly prepared, ar 50 conta, currency vaken, ** Who'd Mra, Dalu- gron?" *Why, don't yox know? She's tho wet uurse of socioty, who raia e8 young chickens, Like you and mo.” ‘T'hav are learaing, howe ver, and havo got eo far that they don't now forget that the kuife ien't the fork. But it's not tlw malewt so muchas tho females who create all tho comimation. Men, 85 8 rule, loarn very s00u that 2 velvet carpet in not & door-mst, aud that thoy mustn's tako the mantol-ornaments for spittoons, Wheuahoy get tius far, they will appear prasedtaly i1 they will sit quistly 1 the corner, aud not try &0 put thoir fest upou tha piauo, 5 But with women it 13 so diforant, It's.as difiicult to conviace s woman tust wUo lau't o homo tu the drawing-room, 83 It is to convinco ber that abe is not the best-looking in the crowd, And, ud tho regult of this, tho tovn is ou the qui-vive about the flrst appearance of these wpecimeus of village propriots, and averybody 14 muttering, ! WHAT WILL MRS FISR 8AY? Intruth, thero are somo pecultar specimans ; and, If they are uat nshamed of iuemseives, wby, othier punlllo ae aslmmesd of them. Thiy, of course, applicd to tho Demoxraty, who havo buen “*out of bocinty " po loug thak they appear now as if thoy pevar had been jir it Wheno Cratchflold, of Tennessee, came saunterivg .'nto Wastungton, tho walking was govud, and t,ero was & superstitious buliof that ke had tr. wnped 1t all the way from 'Teonedses ; evry: bog, ' stopped t0 look &t him, and then bureSd hom ¥40 look after tha wood-pile. Dressed iu Loty Wuk suit Of gray. pants staffed into boots that b, \d bot Boon blacking sincatlie day thuy loft tho wtor ¥ 80d & fuce aud hands which would bave vesn cals Mdlrfi 1 welaggy wass of hatr bad not partin 'Uy bId the desli, bu was notsn ine viting cust 9mer; but stid) bo did learn not to pick Lils toe, Uatthedinner-table,—an acoomplish- weut, howav ¥7, bie redorved for tho toor of the Houss. Lut Yo steadily improved, sud, upon bLiw wecond ap) \rauco bore, Lis sctually sssayod & beaver bat, wl Yol mado bim extremely uncasy st rocoptiouw, bou Buse it could not be wtufied fu L ocost-pockot. s ‘The first gensral recoption, Iknow, WiLl DL . SSTUENELY FUNKY, What with tuo appea. wise of the Hou, Mre, So- §0 10 a1 untiquated b Wd~quilt, aud bor huxband struttiug with sll the ¢ Lekgy of & small chickou when tloe boss-rovsters axe #way, who can re- frain from s wmtle 7 1% drs-gooda mea, how- ever, aroiu clover, anu’y Wwhile gotting up i wtyla thove who have sufBedent tooney to pur. chase, thev stoppod cradii ik Coogronsmen long sgo. They euter » sileut | ¥ayerthat the poople 1] rotate again noss fall, 'Bym ll‘:u’;fy. think al' *oredit” calls to wmiod the f sNts of & prominent in el thay Sonthern Represontativs goss to bed decked tn dismonds, to FREVENT THE COXSTADLZ FROM ATTACRIRG THE tosottfo tha Bl incurrod by her husband in thoir purchaae, liul thera I8 no nss speculating wbout the drawing-room qualities of te flood of Demo- cratio Nght let in upon us, Lverybody knows it was an accidont, snd it M correctly atiributed to some inscrutable pur posa of Providenco, who nont this inftiction ta chanton tho heart and make us truly humble by an exipbition of what can come 1o the surface swhen the Domocracy are tamporarily granted power, Thero are somo characters, howaver, #ho will well bear writing np; snd, although of vetito dimenaions, when tha ealogios on Wiliow aro defivered, thoy will exc!nim. like tho theatre “uupo” when Forrost died, ‘* Another one of us guoe!” Al P L LANSING, MICIL The Staty Grange—rardon—A Resnr rectioniat—Searietafevor— lnilrond Ereighits, spicctal Correspondence of The Chfeago Tribu Laxug, alich,, Dec. 18.—-At an open n the State (iranze, thero was an overflowing house. A resolution was offared that fsraerc siould evend more time in beautifying theiy Lomew, aud make farming moro attractive for boya to choose w4 & profoasion. _A favorable ar- gument was mada Ly the Hon, Henry Chiamber. 18tu, who said that the time so ueed trould pro- vent over-f.roduction. {le was followed by tug Hon. Moses, W. Fiell 1 a_ponuiue infation Bpeech, and by J. Webstar Clulla, who urged that xocisl refinement elould be better ad- vaoced. 1, 8. Luce and J. J, Woodman also eu- tered into tha argument. It has beon decided that tha Grange shoald unite with tho State Central Commiteea in oek- tnz the railraads for roduced rates to Pliladels plia and return, 5 ‘Tue foliswinz rosolution waa adapted at the clzzo of the sexsion of tho State Grangs : Resaleed, hat th public lauds should Lo rescrvnd lorn s aud the practica of donating & L, tez of pablie domain for thn Lenuiit of capitalists, corporations, and speculstora We carneatly aud emyhatically condsean, The fo!llywing Committoes were elected : Execiiip Coumitier—~C 8, Luce, of Branch County: N, Jefition, of Inglvr ¢ $amuel Lana lon, of Reat Comamuittee n I xcroni Faren bn Cen'ernal Krpon. 002 Seanion Fien § and ¢ Andreas Keater has baen Privon, 11 wad sent from seven Yoam, for Perinry. Jobn MeNamer, tho resurrcetionist of Genas geo Counts, who conveysd subjécts to Ano Arbor a fev'yeats a0, oy been heard from, Henry Chinborily, of Oukbud, andmmzl from State tzham Couaty, for ier wUll prov Ritie Behoole will e demmic serky new i four cages anl tweive deaths, Owingg tothy iu raarad rates for freiuht ou the Detroit, Laue, & F r Railroad haing 110 per cent ui tormer rates, Ghiamd Lebza will order il frereht Ly tue Lake shore & Alish- 1gan Southesn by Lausing, in futare, and the Nortly o<erl until the ro hiavo by fiy MARINE ITEMS, Sneeial Diey o 174 Tridune. Grasn Have: i Government wreeker Loviathe. ¥ wuceassfaily ope- ated on the bar, fo that thers will probably be 0o further diiticu'ts this gra.on. The Amazon and Minnoanalis arrived vith 1,610 tons, me'nd- i 5,000 bushels of wacul, and retnped to uight. e A BLOOYIGTOY BLTW-0UT. Stecid Dazath ey Hhe O i, Bromtiyetox, (L, De trwvoling falogmen aul merchane of Lloom neton wil give a ball on tha cvering of Jan, *, to whiel 8ro to be invited a 1 menttees of this profession who are 1o zood sepmte, fhie Artas rhucues o= it witi Le a biibiaat a0air, rotul to give veampt st 0 n eovere Gl w hiet pri- Lt ze, ol e Bumption, Peeeon , OF et baving weak: oz i« (wnccaily #olictotis ta trest th ! a Cold, 12 orer to hoad ofF tore 0.1 deutly keep Uy you, ther Taut, that you way’ adinint curative, driug th alrardar, for uot oty ] complaints moze tractabio and but tho gencral rrength aud b Bot had thiue ta Lo keriozsle more amenabln 10 the 1 erties of tha Txpectorgnt. 1may eeem a tridiug Cold, sy sive of 2 Ungtering Congumptive, BUSINESS NOTICLS. suddon Chunzes in the Weathe productive nf throat dieens~, COuFHA Bl el e 12042 10 b faund than in the ua y0e’s T by Juticious it < of may Tarurt or Liung 1o outrolled then, the systent it i 14 therefore 5t lindling peop. nuon 10 Wiy Fuit iroul 1o (aie or CARSON, PIRIE & G0, Madison and Peoria-Sts,, Will remain open for Business every Evening this week, except Satur day. The public is invited to inspact their fine dis- play of Holiday Goods. —LIPMANS HONEYLOAN OFFICE, N . eor. Mgugug and Clark-sts, TIIE PLACE TO SAVE YOUR MONEY! IMMENSE 8TOCK OF DIAMONDS, WATGHES, CHAINS, RRACELETS, JEWELRY, ETGC, FOR §,\LE AT Half Y Price Regulay Jeivelers Chargs, Examino, and save your money, Onlly Bao, . A Goods Warrsaited. E. X °>DEALAIN, N. W. cor. Clu ‘rl_&_'nl_l_«l_ h}unme-sLm ‘l_vaG. FIRE! Fipg, ' FIRE! crnoTe TG ‘Water. Blightly Damagod by uuged vy wae 10040 worli ot Clotklag, Wiglty du t& Co,, New ter at the '8 of Auderson, Stowut & Vork, 40 bo sold at appraiser’s valle, which = below coat, At 168 Bouth , Ohicago, ‘This stock munnp?muvq};‘ f,’.‘::‘...? ?nltfl‘ugi a LOT,